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October 29th has been designated as the international day of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who declared the first charter of human rights in the world, also known as the Cyrus Cylinder. In 539 BC, Persian troops entered the city of Babylon, without encountering any resistance. On October 29th, Cyrus himself entered the city, assuming the titles of "King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the four corners of the world.” The Cyrus Cylinder was placed under the walls of Babylon as a foundation deposit, following a long Babylonian tradition.
The following combined videos provide quick executive background overview and good lessons for future:

1) Cyrus The Great, The Father, The Liberator, The Law-Giver and The Anointed of the Lord - 5 min

2) Cyrus Kar interview in UN about Cyrus Cylinder and library of congress finding is part of preview of ground-breaking documentary film titled, ‘In Search Of Cyrus The Great.’ 3 Min

3) Shah of IRAN in Pasargad 3 Minutes
you hear in this video last shah-n-shah of iran Aryamehr speaking beyond the tomb of cyrus the great during the 2500 years celebrities of iranian monarchy of iran. The english translation you hear orson wells.

4) Shah Of Iran, Days Of Pride 3 Minutes
: From the days of the rule of the Shah, when Iranians were proud, respected and honored in the world….

Once again October 29th is rolling around. And once again, free people all over the world celebrate the memory of Cyrus the Great, the author of mankind’s arguably greatest document, the first Charter of Human Rights. This benevolent king, ruling over a vast empire of diverse people, enshrined in the Cyrus Cylinder, nearly three millennia ago, the principles that define and protect human dignity.

It has been well over four years since the International Committee to Save the Archeological Sites of Pasargad initiated a massive celebration for the International Day of Cyrus the Great all over the world. For the past four years, especially, the courageous Iranian people have gathered by the tomb of Cyrus the Great, to commemorate this momentous international event, despite numerous intimidations and harassments by the agents of the Islamic Republic.

Cyrus the Great’s recognition of human rights, irrespective of any and all considerations, was instrumental in advancing the social and cultural precepts of the diverse people throughout the vast expanse of his empire. Although ethnically Persian, the benevolent king considered himself a trustee of the diverse nationalities of his kingdom. Parochialism and ethnocentrism were alien to this visionary monarch.

In the same way that Cyrus the Great considered all people members of the same human family, the human family of today holds the great trailblazer of human rights as one of its own. The vast plateau that is the presently encompasses Iran has been inhabited by the most diverse people of any region of the planet. Yet, in adherence to the lofty principles of Cyrus, these people found unity in diversity. They remained loyal to their own unique heritage and successfully linked it to a larger loyalty. The present Iran is a living testimony to this remarkable togetherness where ethnic Persians, Turkic, Kurds, Lurs, Turkmen, Baluchis, Arabs, and others live as one people.

Cyrus’ Charter of Human Rights is the first written document which stipulates that all humans have universal inalienable rights, without regard to any and all demographic considerations such as ethnicity, nationality and religion.

The great king practiced what he believed. He, for example, helped rebuild the temple of Solomon which had been destroyed by the Babylonian kings and freed some 40,000 or more Jews who had been imprisoned and kept as slaves by the Babylonians, empowering the Jewish people to return to their homeland.

By his act of freeing an entire people from captivity and restoring their rightful dignity, Cyrus the Great forged a bond of friendship between the Jews and the Persians. In recognition of this just king’s action, he is immortalized in the Bible as “the anointed of the Lord.”

While free people of the world recognize and honor this outstanding historical figure, the Islamist usurpers presently ruling Cyrus’s homeland have been busily doing their best to erase any and all traces of his luminous heritage. For one, under the guise of rural development, the Islamic Republic of Iran is flooding the plain that houses Cyrus’s stone tomb. The IRI is contemptuous of anything it deems non-Islamic and has embarked on destroying the archeological sites of Pasargad and Persepolis and the Tomb of Cyrus the Great. -- examples of humanity's most prized cultural heritage.

The Mullahs’ actions are part of a systematic campaign of destroying the universal inclusive Persian vision and promoting the barbaric exclusionary Islamist myopia. To these turbaned criminals and their functionaries, any non-Islamic, including people such as Jews, Baha’is, or unbelievers of any kind have no right to exist at all. It is in this vicious intolerant spirit that the IRI’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has placed the destruction of Israel at the top of his agenda. And it is with the aim of imposing a most virulent brand of Islam that Ahmadinejad, the point-man of a most radical gang of Shi’a clerics, is doing all he can to acquire nuclear weapons capability.

It is tragic indeed that after 2500 years since the declaration of the first Charter of Human Rights, at the dawn of the new millennium, Iranians are struggling for basic human rights under the oppressive yoke of the Islamists.

Further indignity is inflicted on the people of Iran by the news that the Cyrus Cylinder in the British Museum is to be lent to the Islamic Republic. This priceless document belongs to Iran. Entrusting it to the hands of the sworn enemies of Iranian heritage entails an unacceptably high risk. It is imperative that the British authorities rescind the decision and take every measure to insure that the Cyrus Cylinder is preserved safely and returned to Iran only after the demise of the Islamic Republic.

It is not a case of unwarranted alarmism when a vast number of Iranians are deeply concerned about the fate of the Cyrus Cylinder, should it entrusted to the untrustworthy hands of the Islamists.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is staffed by diehard elements who love nothing more than out-doing the heinous act of Afghanistan’s Taliban who destroyed the irreplaceable two Buddha statues. What is enshrined in the Cyrus Cylinder is unconditional respect for the complete rights of all the people of the world, an anathema to the Islamists’ credo.

It is with great apprehension that the Iranian people warn Mr. Andrew Murray Burnham, the British Secretary of State for culture, as well as the British government regarding the plan to lend this precious treasure of humanity to a contemptuous cult of medieval mullahs.

Furthermore, it is urgent that UNESCO immediately registers Cyrus the Great’s Charter of Human Rights Cylinder in its World Heritage Memory, in order to safeguard the diverse cultural heritage of the peoples of the world.

October 29th has been designated as the international day of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who declared the first charter of human rights in the world, also known as the Cyrus Cylinder. In 539 BC, Persian troops entered the city of Babylon, without encountering any resistance. On October 29th, Cyrus himself entered the city, assuming the titles of "King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the four corners of the world.” The Cyrus Cylinder was placed under the walls of Babylon as a foundation deposit, following a long Babylonian tradition.

The story of the brave Iranian national hero, Babak Khorram-Din, who in the 9th century led the rebellion against the foreign invasion of Iran.
After 23 years of courageous resistance he was captured and brutally executed.
But his legend lives until today ...
Source: http://www.balletspersans.org

It was time to bridge the gap by turning back the clock.
Dressed as Achaemenid soldiers.

"The idea of holding a ceremony which would highlight Iran's glorious past in the world was nothing new," Mr Ansari said calmly waking me from my reverie.
In 1960, Shojaeddin Shafa, an Iranian scholar had sent a proposal to the Shah of Iran suggesting that he hold a colourful pageant thirty miles outside Shiraz in the ruins of Takht-e Jamshid, or Persepolis, the "City of Persians", built by King Darius and burned to the ground by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C.

The Shah had given his tacit approval and a small committee headed by Amir Homayoun, a venerable senator, had been formed to consider a festival to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the original Persian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century B.C.

"A small budget was allocated to the project," Mr Ansari continued. "But for ten years nothing happened partly because the country was in the full throes of development and the government could not afford to allocate time or funds to such a celebration."..............................................

In this third excerpt from Dr. David Neiman's lecture series, The Church and The Jews, Dr. Neiman discusses the Jewish community living under Persian Emperor Cyrus The Great. And the rebuilding of th... more >>

In this third excerpt from Dr. David Neiman's lecture series, The Church and The Jews, Dr. Neiman discusses the Jewish community living under Persian Emperor Cyrus The Great. And the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.

In this fourth excerpt from Dr. David Neiman's lecture series, The Church and The Jews, Dr. Neiman delves into the vast empire controlled by Persia, and the Jewish diaspora community that thrived in t...

In this fourth excerpt from Dr. David Neiman's lecture series, The Church and The Jews, Dr. Neiman delves into the vast empire controlled by Persia, and the Jewish diaspora community that thrived in that region for centuries.

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